WONDERFUL AND THRILLING TALES FOR WINTER EVENINGS. Boston: Shepard, Clark and Brown, Publishers, n.d. [circa 1850s]. Octavo, two volumes in one: pp. [i-iii] iv [v-vi] [7] 8-178; [1-3] 4-119 [120: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow endpapers. Later edition, expanded. An expanded edition of TALES OF TERROR; OR, THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC. A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES, TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE, TURKISH, AND GERMAN ... (1833). A collection of eighteen Gothic and Romantic stories, most of which are fantastic. Includes "The Magic Dice" by Thomas de Quincey, "The Boarwolf" by J. Apel, and "Peter Rugg, the Missing Man" by William Austin. "... an excellent selection for its day, with much material that is not generally available elsewhere." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1427. The 1833 collection was also reprinted with additional stories as EVENING TALES FOR THE WINTER, BEING A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL & SUPERNATURAL STORIES in New York by R. Marsh in 1856. Frank, Through the Pale Door: A Guide To and Through the American Gothic 451. Bleiler (1978), p. 9. See Reginald 15858 and 15858A. See Wright (I) 2266-2268. Light wear to cloth at upper spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (#170643).
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